Bill Text: IA HF164 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the inclusion of the value of child restraint systems in the partial loss calculation for specified insurance settlements of first-party automobile partial losses and including applicability provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-10 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0 [HF164 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HF164-Introduced.html
House File 164 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 164 BY NORDMAN A BILL FOR An Act relating to the inclusion of the value of child 1 restraint systems in the partial loss calculation for 2 specified insurance settlements of first-party automobile 3 partial losses and including applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2188YH (1) 89 ko/rn
H.F. 164 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 507B.4D Automobile partial loss 1 settlements —— child restraint systems. 2 1. If an automobile insurance policy provides for the 3 settlement of a first-party automobile partial loss, a person 4 shall include the value of any child restraint system that is 5 located in an automobile at the time the automobile is subject 6 to a partial loss that equals or exceeds five thousand dollars 7 in damage. For purposes of this section, “automobile” has 8 the same meaning as defined in section 321.1, subsection 42, 9 paragraph “d” , and “child restraint system” has the same meaning 10 as defined in section 321.446, subsection 7. 11 2. The commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules pursuant 12 to chapter 17A as necessary to administer this section. 13 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to first-party 14 automobile partial losses for automobiles that are subject to a 15 partial loss occurring on or after July 1, 2021. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill relates to the inclusion of the value of child 20 restraint systems in the partial loss calculation for insurance 21 settlements of first-party automobile partial losses. The bill 22 requires a person to include the value of any child restraint 23 systems that are located in an automobile at the time the 24 automobile is subject to a partial loss that equals or exceeds 25 $5,000 in damage. “Automobile” is defined in the bill as a 26 motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying nine passengers 27 or less, excluding motorcycles and motorized bicycles. The 28 bill defines “child restraint system” as a specially designed 29 seating system, including a belt-positioning seat or a booster 30 seat, that meets federal motor vehicle safety standards set 31 forth in 49 C.F.R. §571.213. 32 The bill applies to first-party automobile partial losses 33 for automobiles that are subject to a partial loss occurring on 34 or after July 1, 2021. 35 -1- LSB 2188YH (1) 89 ko/rn 1/ 1
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